Rule-holder



H. A. CHRISTIAN.

RULE HOLDER.

APPLICATION HYLED DEC.6. 191a.

Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

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HERBERT A. CHRISTIAN, 0F VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA.

RULE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

7 Application filed December 6, 1918. Serial No. 265,586.

means for retaining itself in place in said pocket, one of the main features of the invention residing in the guiding shoe or tongue which extends considerably above the pocket when the device is in applied position and which guides the rules into the pocket and between the spring clamping jaws of the device. Such tongue or shoe ad-- ditionally protects the clothing or garment in conjunction with which the rule holder is used. I 7

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction combination and arrangement herein fully described illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the de- 7 vice.

Fig. 2 is a cross section through the dejust beneath the clip and looking Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view illustrating the rule holder in its applied rela- 7 tion to the pocket of a garment.

The rule holdercomprises a pair of oppositely arranged spring rule clamping jaws or members 1 that extend downwardly in converging relation andof such length asto reach practically to the bottom of a pocketof a garment. The jaws lare connected adjacent to the upper endof the front jaw by means of connecting webs 2 thereby leavinga substantially rectangular pocket 3 through which a' measuring rule is insertible as shown in Fig. 3. c

The device also comprises a garment holding clip 4 which is resilient, said clip extending from the upper end of one of the jaws l downwardly upon the outside thereof, said clip being adapted to slip over the top of the pocket front wall of a garment in the mannerillustrated in Fig.3. The lower end of the clip 4 is formed with substantially parallel cuts to provide three projecting portions the center one of which is bent downwardly and outwardly to form a thumb piece 5 while the other portions are bent inwardly to provide garment pressing fingers 6, the edges of which are preferably toothed or serrated as shown at 7 in order to obtain a firmer grip onthe clothing.

Extending upwardly from the rear wall of the pocket 3, and integral with the rear jaw, is a vertical guiding shoe or tongue 8, which is slightly curved and which rests against the body of the garmentabove the pocket therein as shown in Fig. 3. The shoe or tongue 8 serves to protect the clothing of the wearer and it is made to press more closely against the garment when the spring pressed jaws are spread by the insertion of the rule. The shoe or tongue also serves to guide or direct the measuring rule between the rule clamping jaws 1, the device being v held fixedly in its position, in the pocket of the garment by the yieldable or clamping members or jaws supplemented by the means of the clip 4.

The device may be manufactured cheaply out of hard rolled sheet metal to give the re- I quired resiliency thereto and may be valso manufactured 1n various sizes to sult different measuring rules.

I claim I In a device of the class described, the combination of a pair of oppositely located and downwardly converging clamping jaws, op-

positelyarranged webs connecting said jaws adjacent to the upper end of the front jaw,

and a garment engaging clip extending outa wardly and downwardly from the upper eX- tremity of the front jaw, said clip being provided at its free end with acentrally arranged projecting thumb piece and also provided at opposite sides of said thumb piece with inwardly extending. garment gripping fingers. i r

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

HERBERT A. CHRISTIAN. 

